WHARTON, TEXAS—
Ranger Energy Services, LLC
Struck by running powered equipment unspecified · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Ranger Energy Services, LLC, 707 Nelson Lane, WHARTON, TEXAS 77488 on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was screwing a locking nut into a leveling jack when their right thumb was caught in a pinch point, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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LA GRANGE, TEXAS—
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A crew was performing routine rod work. While making up a rod triple, the rod triple slipped out and made contact with an employee's left arm. The employee sustained a fractured elbow and forearm.
WHITSETT, TEXAS—
Ranger Energy Services, LLC
On the workover rig floor, crew members were lining up the Kelly valve to a joint of tubing utilizing the winch line. An employee's right thumb was pinched between the winch line and the Kelly valve. The thumb tip was amputated past the nailbed.
COTULLA, TEXAS—
Ranger Energy Services, LLC
An employee was placing rod equipment in a rack when his right hand slipped and got caught between the rod and the rack. resulting in a partial fingertip amputation of the little finger.
WESTHOFF, TEXAS—
Ranger Energy Services, LLC
Two employees were performing routine maintenance on a mud pump. The injured employee was holding a plunger cap in place when the second employee dropped the plunger cap and the injured employee's right middle fingertip was caught between the plunger cap and the pump. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the right middle fingertip.
MIDLAND, TEXAS—
Ranger Energy Services, LLC
An employee was positioning a single joint on a pipe rack and became caught between the corner of the pipe rack and the spooling trailer, resulting in fractures to the hip and pelvis.
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